Sue Biggins
@suebiggins.bsky.social
Scientist at @FredHutch @HHMINews.
Interdisciplinary approaches to understanding chromosomes and cell division. Opinions are my own. (She/her)
Interdisciplinary approaches to understanding chromosomes and cell division. Opinions are my own. (She/her)
Congrats to @basicsci.fredhutch.org Professor Steve Henikoff for being the 2025 Rosenstiel Award recipient today!
Congratulations to Dr. Steve Henikoff on receiving the 55th Rosenstiel Award for his research on genome organization and gene expression! The award is given for recent discoveries of particular originality and importance to basic medical research.
Professor Steven Henikoff receives 55th Rosenstiel Award for research on genome organization and gene expression
October 29, 2025
www.brandeis.edu
October 29, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Congrats to @basicsci.fredhutch.org Professor Steve Henikoff for being the 2025 Rosenstiel Award recipient today!
Excited that our latest paper is out! Congrats to Changkun Hu! This work revealed dependencies between kinetochore proteins for assembly that we didn't know about before and will be interesting to understand
⭐ NAR Breakthrough! ⭐
🔬 How do #kinetochores rebuild each #cellcycle?
A new study reveals the order of assembly, hidden interdependencies, and a new regulatory mechanism.
🧬 Read more: academic.oup.com/nar/article/... @suebiggins.bsky.social @fredhutch.org
#NARbreakthrough #ChromosomeSegregation
🔬 How do #kinetochores rebuild each #cellcycle?
A new study reveals the order of assembly, hidden interdependencies, and a new regulatory mechanism.
🧬 Read more: academic.oup.com/nar/article/... @suebiggins.bsky.social @fredhutch.org
#NARbreakthrough #ChromosomeSegregation
October 15, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Excited that our latest paper is out! Congrats to Changkun Hu! This work revealed dependencies between kinetochore proteins for assembly that we didn't know about before and will be interesting to understand
apparently immunity and brain aging according to Akhila!
Exciting opportunity, Sue. Which project in the lab tends to attract the most interest: fat-brain signals, immunity, or brain aging?
October 2, 2025 at 7:48 PM
apparently immunity and brain aging according to Akhila!
Looking for your next step in fly genetics? The Rajan Lab at Fred Hutch is hiring a staff scientist + postdoc for projects on fat–brain signals, immunity, and brain aging. Stable, long-term role in a collaborative lab. Apply: careers-fhcrc.icims.com/jobs/30062/j...
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center
Fred Hutch is dedicated to the elimination of cancer and related diseases as causes of human suffering and death.
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September 16, 2025 at 11:32 PM
Looking for your next step in fly genetics? The Rajan Lab at Fred Hutch is hiring a staff scientist + postdoc for projects on fat–brain signals, immunity, and brain aging. Stable, long-term role in a collaborative lab. Apply: careers-fhcrc.icims.com/jobs/30062/j...
New cell cycle meeting starts next summer!
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Cell Cycle Regulation in Health and Disease.
Explore breakthroughs in cell cycle regulation and its impact on disease and therapies at this new multidisciplinary scientific meeting.
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September 15, 2025 at 9:19 PM
New cell cycle meeting starts next summer!
events.faseb.org/event/c40174...
events.faseb.org/event/c40174...
Congrats Chandni and @harmitmalik.bsky.social on your 25th!
25 years since I went from the biggest skeptic to the biggest fan of arranged marriages.
#alwaysgoodtobeabletoblameothers
#alwaysgoodtobeabletoblameothers
September 3, 2025 at 11:32 PM
Congrats Chandni and @harmitmalik.bsky.social on your 25th!
Terrific department-amazing faculty position opportunity! Apply now! I
I am delighted to announce that the UW Department of Biochemistry has opened searches for TWO tenure-track positions.
Descriptions and links in the following two posts.
Descriptions and links in the following two posts.
August 29, 2025 at 3:51 AM
Terrific department-amazing faculty position opportunity! Apply now! I
Congrats @jtleek.bsky.social!
Honored to see the Cancer AI Alliance included on TIME's list of the TIME100 AI of 2025! #TIME100AI.
CAIA has been a true team sport based on the shared commitment of all our Alliance members to accelerate cancer research and ultimately improve and save patient’s lives.
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CAIA has been a true team sport based on the shared commitment of all our Alliance members to accelerate cancer research and ultimately improve and save patient’s lives.
time.com/collections/...
August 28, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Congrats @jtleek.bsky.social!
Great work from Hahn lab @hutchbasicsci.bsky.social that changes how we think about transcription factor binding:
Drs. Steve Hahn and Lakshmi Mahendrawada sit down with the Double-stranded Podcast. Check out a great conversation and learn about their recent @nature.com paper that’s rewriting our understanding of transcription factors: youtu.be/lXgdvmveA_k?...
Low overlap of transcription factor DNA binding and regulatory targets
YouTube video by Double-stranded Podcast
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August 27, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Great work from Hahn lab @hutchbasicsci.bsky.social that changes how we think about transcription factor binding:
thanks Alex....was wondering what was going on in GM....is there anything notable about how the MYF grants were picked?
Among these 41 research programs, 4 are multi-year funded (5 years' funds allocated at once, rather than once a year for 5 years), due to edicts from Russell Vought and the Trump administration that he largely controls.
As these are 5y awards, 41 were funded where the total should be closer to 60.
As these are 5y awards, 41 were funded where the total should be closer to 60.
August 20, 2025 at 3:54 PM
thanks Alex....was wondering what was going on in GM....is there anything notable about how the MYF grants were picked?
Congrats to this fantastic group of @jcchildsfund.bsky.social postdoctoral fellows! Grateful to a fantastic Board of Scientific Advisors for all their work!
We're thrilled to announce the 2025 class of Jane Coffin Childs Fellows!
See our latest blog post and "look book" to learn more about our newest Fellows and their exciting research!
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See our latest blog post and "look book" to learn more about our newest Fellows and their exciting research!
www.jccfund.org/blog/the-jan...
www.jccfund.org/wp-content/u...
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June 24, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Congrats to this fantastic group of @jcchildsfund.bsky.social postdoctoral fellows! Grateful to a fantastic Board of Scientific Advisors for all their work!
Grateful to the lab for celebrating 25 years and to @hutchbasicsci.bsky.social for being such a great place to do science!
Celebrating 25 years of curiosity, kinetochores, and cutting-edge science! Congratulations to the @suebiggins.bsky.social Lab @fredhutch.bsky.social on their 25th anniversary. Cheers to all the amazing colleagues that have made it such a wonderful place to do research over its past and present!
June 20, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Grateful to the lab for celebrating 25 years and to @hutchbasicsci.bsky.social for being such a great place to do science!
This is a really important additional concern with the proposed budget
Today CLS brings attention to a sleeper cell proposal in the President's NIH Budget for FY26: Multi-Year Awards.
Read our statement to learn why this "nothing to see here" boring-sounding proposal would actually be DEVASTATING to research.
www.coalitionforlifesciences.org/cls-objects-...
Read our statement to learn why this "nothing to see here" boring-sounding proposal would actually be DEVASTATING to research.
www.coalitionforlifesciences.org/cls-objects-...
CLS Objects to Multi-Year Funding Proposal - The Coalition for the Life Sciences
The President's Budget for Fiscal Year 2026 includes a seemingly innocuous proposal to transition up to half of research projects grants to "multiyear funding." CLS predicts application success rates ...
www.coalitionforlifesciences.org
June 6, 2025 at 6:34 PM
This is a really important additional concern with the proposed budget
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🎉 Huge congratulations to Dr. Meghan Koch on being named a @bwfund.bsky.social 2025 Investigator in the Pathogenesis of Infectious Disease! The award supports her groundbreaking research @FredHutch exploring how maternal-offspring interactions shape neonatal health.
Announcing the 2025 Investigators in the Pathogenesis of Infectious Disease - Burroughs Wellcome Fund
DURHAM, N.C. – The Burroughs Wellcome Fund proudly announces the 2025 Investigators in the Pathogenesis of Infectious Disease (PATH) award recipients. This year’s cohort represents a diverse group of…
www.bwfund.org
May 30, 2025 at 7:14 PM
🎉 Huge congratulations to Dr. Meghan Koch on being named a @bwfund.bsky.social 2025 Investigator in the Pathogenesis of Infectious Disease! The award supports her groundbreaking research @FredHutch exploring how maternal-offspring interactions shape neonatal health.
Guess who has an amazing science tattoo!
April 16, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Guess who has an amazing science tattoo!
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Interested in postdoc opportunities in Seattle, WA? Join us May 6th for Seattle DROP, a virtual event about biomedical research in Seattle. Hear from recruiting faculty, finding the right mentor and enjoy lunch on us via a delivery voucher within the US!
Registration: tinyurl.com/seattledrop25
Registration: tinyurl.com/seattledrop25
Seattle DROP: Discover Research Opportunities for Postdocs
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April 16, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Interested in postdoc opportunities in Seattle, WA? Join us May 6th for Seattle DROP, a virtual event about biomedical research in Seattle. Hear from recruiting faculty, finding the right mentor and enjoy lunch on us via a delivery voucher within the US!
Registration: tinyurl.com/seattledrop25
Registration: tinyurl.com/seattledrop25
Terrific findings from Steve Hahn's lab in @hutchbasicsci.bsky.social!
In new work published today in @nature.com, researchers in
@hutchbasicsci.bsky.social discover that most transcription factors in budding yeast don’t follow the textbook example of binding close to the genes they regulate. www.fredhutch.org/en/news/cent...
@hutchbasicsci.bsky.social discover that most transcription factors in budding yeast don’t follow the textbook example of binding close to the genes they regulate. www.fredhutch.org/en/news/cent...
Rewriting the story about the molecules that turn genes on and off
A study by researchers at Fred Hutch Cancer Center published in Nature revises the standard story about transcription factors binding close to the genes they regulate. That is true only for a small su...
www.fredhutch.org
April 16, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Terrific findings from Steve Hahn's lab in @hutchbasicsci.bsky.social!
Thanks to Coalition for Life Sciences letter to Kennedy and Bhattacharya:
Abrupt termination of research doesn't stop waste, it CREATES waste! We call on @hhsgov.govmirrors.com to restore the funding without delay! #Cuts2Science
CLS Calls on the Trump Administration to Restore Research Funding - The Coalition for the Life Sciences
On April 14, 2025, CLS Chair Jo Handelsman and Exec Director Adrienne Hallett sent a letter outlining the tremendous consequences of terminating research and asking that it be reinstated.
www.coalitionforlifesciences.org
April 15, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Thanks to Coalition for Life Sciences letter to Kennedy and Bhattacharya:
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"This will go down as one of the darkest days in modern scientific history." Story on the decimation of NIH by @maxkozlov.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/d41...?
‘One of the darkest days’: NIH purges agency leadership amid mass layoffs
In shock move, four institute directors at the US biomedical agency are removed from their posts.
www.nature.com
April 1, 2025 at 9:11 PM
"This will go down as one of the darkest days in modern scientific history." Story on the decimation of NIH by @maxkozlov.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/d41...?
Inspirational spotlight on @hutchbasicsci.bsky.social faculty member Melody Campbell!
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From music to molecules: Fred Hutch’s Dr. Melody Campbell’s lab is one of the only electron microscopy labs studying integrins
Growing up, Dr. Melody Campbell, 38, was part of the Campbell Quartet.
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March 10, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Inspirational spotlight on @hutchbasicsci.bsky.social faculty member Melody Campbell!
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Congrats to Jeremy Hollis of @hutchbasicsci.bsky.social and all the other exceptional scientist who have received the 2025 Weintraub award!
We’re thrilled to congratulate to Jeremy Hollis in the @melodygcampbell.bsky.social and @harmitmalik.bsky.social Labs on being named a 2025 Weintraub Awardee! Jeremy is carrying on the late Hal Weintraub's legacy of curiosity and discovery through his research on cell surface receptors.
A huge congratulations to the recipients of the 2025 Weintraub Award! These ten exceptional graduate students exemplify the bold, creative, and pioneering spirit embodied by Dr. Hal Weintraub. www.fredhutch.org/en/news/rele...
March 4, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Congrats to Jeremy Hollis of @hutchbasicsci.bsky.social and all the other exceptional scientist who have received the 2025 Weintraub award!
Lifting this freeze is crucial:
Ok scientists & those who love science 🧪: here is another exhortation. Call Congress TODAY about the freeze on NIH Council Meetings and Study Sections. Emphasize that this means NO new grants are being funded & labs will soon start to shut down and fire employees. Phone numbers are at:
5calls.org
5calls.org
5 Calls
Spend 5 minutes. Make 5 calls. Make your voice heard.
5calls.org
February 21, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Lifting this freeze is crucial:
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#Devbio - please give @c4lifesciences.bsky.social a follow as we are working hard for #science and our community. If you have a story to share - please see below! We are collecting as many as we can.
Scientists, we need your stories!
Post a 2-minute video on whatever social media apps you use. Show us your empty labs, tell us about the grant you are waiting for, and talk about why you do what you do.
Tag @c4lifesciences.bsky.social and #Cuts2Science Tag your Members of Congress!
Post a 2-minute video on whatever social media apps you use. Show us your empty labs, tell us about the grant you are waiting for, and talk about why you do what you do.
Tag @c4lifesciences.bsky.social and #Cuts2Science Tag your Members of Congress!
February 21, 2025 at 4:48 PM
#Devbio - please give @c4lifesciences.bsky.social a follow as we are working hard for #science and our community. If you have a story to share - please see below! We are collecting as many as we can.
Reposted by Sue Biggins
CLS members are speaking out! #SupportingScience
Opinion | American Science is Under Attack
The Trump administration hobbles research and endangers the public health.
www.nytimes.com
February 15, 2025 at 3:11 AM
CLS members are speaking out! #SupportingScience
Congrats to BSD Professor Jesse Boom @jbloomlab.bsky.social!
Congrats to Fred Hutch evolutionary biologist
@jbloomlab.bsky.social on being named a fellow of the American Academy of Microbiology, an honorific leadership group within the American Society for Microbiology! Read more: bit.ly/3EFmnb1 @hutchbasicsci.bsky.social
@jbloomlab.bsky.social on being named a fellow of the American Academy of Microbiology, an honorific leadership group within the American Society for Microbiology! Read more: bit.ly/3EFmnb1 @hutchbasicsci.bsky.social
February 14, 2025 at 10:57 PM
Congrats to BSD Professor Jesse Boom @jbloomlab.bsky.social!